Ellopostoma mystax

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Ellopostoma mystax
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Ellopostomatidae
Genus: Ellopostoma
Species:
E. mystax
Binomial name
Ellopostoma mystax
Tan & Lim, 2002

Ellopostoma mystax, the enigmatic loach, [2] is a small, endangered species of freshwater fish originally placed in the family Balitoridae, [3] but now generally in Ellopostomatidae. [4]

E. mystax is only found in Thailand in the basins of the Tapi River and the Pattani River. [5]

References

  1. Vidthayanon, C. (2011). "Ellopostoma mystax". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2011: e.T180894A7654231. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T180894A7654231.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. "Ellopostoma mystax - Tan & Lim, 2002 - Enigmatic loach". FishBase . Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  3. Chen, W.-J.; Lheknim, V.; Mayden, R. L. (December 2009). "Molecular phylogeny of the Cobitoidea (Teleostei: Cypriniformes) revisited: position of enigmatic loach resolved with six nuclear genes". Journal of Fish Biology. 75 (9): 2197–2208. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02398.x. PMID   20738682.
  4. Kottelat, M (2012). "Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei)". The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 26: 1–199.
  5. Vidthayanon, Chavalit (2005). Thailand red data : Fishes (PDF). Bangkok: Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning. ISBN   974-9929-87-X.